ly--enough to get me out of town."

"And you will keep silent?"

"As the grave. Don't you understand? I wish to go away from
here--quickly, and then you will not see me again."

"How can I believe you?" she said suspiciously.

"Bah! Don't be stupid! If I had desired to betray you, I should have
told the truth long ago."

Zubeydeh hesitated.

"You will go away?"

"Yes. I shall go----"

There was a sound upon the stairs behind Zubeydeh and Yeva thrust
herself forward.

"I was at the window above. I heard. Allah be praised! You are alive?"

"Yeva! You know anything--of _her_?"

"No, nothing," sadly. And then as she examined him closely, "But you
must come into the house. I will do what you wish."

The matter was now out of Zubeydeh's hands, for whatever her doubts,
Yeva's swift confidence had swept them away. She stood aside and
motioned for him to go up the stairs.

"You will not remain long?" she asked.

"Only long enough to change my clothing--you will provide?"

"Yes. There are garments."

"A fez, jacket, breeches, stout _opankas_."

"It shall be as you desire."

Renwick went up the stairs into the room where he and Goritz had met,
recapitulating briefly in his mind the sequence of events which had led
to his own downfall. If he had only shot the man when he had stood there
a fair mark, defenseless! It had not been the sporting thing, but if he
had known what was to follow, he would have done it nevertheless. At
least he thought so now. The fateful armor had been restored to its
place in the corner, and while he anxiously awaited Yeva's return he
examined it casually with the rather morbid interest which one might
display in the inspection of one's coffin. It was dented upon the sides
with the marks of bullets which had glanced aside, but three neatly
drilled holes, two in the breastplate and one in the helmet, reminded
him again how narrow had been his escape from death. "Close shooting,
that," he muttered to himself. "Emptied clip and not one miss."

Yeva, who had gone with Zubeydeh into the Harim, now returned
(discreetly veiled) and with an air of restraint made a sign to the
Englishman to be seated while Zubeydeh brought refreshments.

He heard Yeva speaking gently at his ear.

"Allah is good. Excellency, they told me that you were dead--that they
would bury you. They took your body and that of the other man in a cart
to the hills above the city. But someone came, and they were forced to